What are some fun adoption events your local shelter has advertised?

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I’m not sure the issue is individuals who are just waiting for free animals to abuse in their own home for personal enjoyment. The case around here is animal brokers/dealers, people waiting for free animals to then make money off of. This is a larger problem with cats, they are bundled and sold for high school dissection. Another huge issue in our area is dog fighting so when people can get free dogs (craigslist is a notorious hangout for them) they snatch them up and use them for bait. I LOVE the idea of sponsoring adoptions, I will have to steal that from you! And I am not against adoption specials, but I think it does involve some risk.

I don’t know of any statistics on how many animals are actually sold for fighting/research as you suggested. Unfortunately, it does happen. I believe it happens a lot less often than we think, though. It would be an interesting post to look into for the future. This argument comes up all the time.

Our local Humane Society does specials, Two for One cat adoptions, Black Animal Month, and free older pets to the Senior Citizens. They are located off the main freeway, and have an electronic board to feature different pets daily. They are proud of a 100% adoption rate for dogs and just completed a wonderful Kitty City, and hope to up their cat adoptions from 80 to 100%.